巧 (haau2) — cunning; deceitful; artful in Cantonese
haauˊ²巧Mandarin Pinyin: qiao3
Meaning of 巧
nouncunning; deceitful; artful
nounopportune; coincidental
nounskillful; adept; clever
Example Sentences with 巧
ngoˏ₅我zungˉ¹鍾ji˗₃意zyuˉ¹朱guˊ²古lik6.力。
I like chocolate.
soengˊ²想sikˍ₆食zyuˉ¹朱guˊ²古lik6.力。
Want to eat chocolate.
jauˏ₅有zyuˉ¹朱guˊ²古likˍ₆力maa3?嗎？
Is there chocolate?
niˉ¹呢faai˗₃塊zyuˉ¹朱guˊ²古lik6.力。
This piece of chocolate.
zyuˉ¹朱guˊ²古likˍ₆力houˊ²好tim4.甜。
The chocolate is very sweet.
Words Containing 巧
巧合的haau2 hap6 dik1
coincident
技巧gei6 haau2
skill; technique
不巧bat1 haau2
unfortunately
靈巧ling4 haau2
skillful; adroit; dexterous
湊巧cau3 haau2
luckily; fortunately | [粵]: 碰啱
恰巧hap1 haau2
by coincidence; fortunately
取巧ceoi2 haau2
resort to trickery; choose the easy way; wangle
巧合haau2 hap6
coincidence
輕巧heng1 haau2
dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful
精巧zing1 haau2
exquisite, fine
弄巧反拙lung6 haau2 faan2 zyut3
wanting to show off at first but end up doing stupid things
巧幹haau2 gon3
work ingeniously; do sth. in a clever way (lit., "clever limbs")
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